Posts tagged “Myelodysplastic Syndrome”

There is some confusion over what myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are – MDS used to be considered “pre-leukemia” or “smoldering leukemia.” In about one in three patients, MDS develops into acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a serious, fast-growing type of leukemia. Scientists and physicians once considered MDS as a blood disorder with a low potential for developing into cancer, but research now shows that it is a form of blood cancer.